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Semi-Pelagianism

Semi-Pelagianism (or semipelagianism) is a historical Christian theological and soteriological school of thought about the role of free will in salvation. In semi-Pelagian thought, a distinction is made between the beginning of faith and the increase of faith. Semi-Pelagian thought teaches that the latter half – growing in faith – is the work of God…

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related to Eastern Orthodoxy · 38
Semi-Pelagianism → Augustine, Augustine Casiday, Augustine's, Augustinian, But, Cassian, Catechism, Catholic, Catholic Church, Christ, Christian, Consequently, East, Eastern Churches, For Cassian, God, God's, He, Hippo, It
related to Calvinism and Arminianism · 27
Semi-Pelagianism → Although Calvinist, Anglican, Arminian, Arminian Protestants, Arminianism, As, Augustine, Augustinian, By, Calvinist, For Wesley, God, In, Jacobus Arminius, John Wesley, Lutheran, Many Arminians, NIV, Peter, Protestantism
related to Jansenism and the Jesuits · 18
Semi-Pelagianism → Augustine, Augustinian, Blaise Pascal, Calvinism, Calvinist, Council, Ecrits, For, In, Jansenism, Jansenists, Jesuits, Orange, Pelagianism, Pope Clement XI, The, The Roman Catholic Church, Unigenitus
related to Patristic era · 15
Semi-Pelagianism → Augustinism, Church, Council, Desert Fathers, Even, It, John Cassian, Luis, Marseille, Molina, Molina's, Orange, Pelagianism, Southern Gaul, The
related to Pelagian and semi-Pelagian theology · 14
Semi-Pelagianism → Augustine, British, God, God's, Hippo, Holy Spirit, Humans, In, Pelagian, Pelagianism, Pelagius, Pope Zosimus, Rejecting, The
related to Early use of the term · 13
Semi-Pelagianism → Between, Concord, Holy Spirit, Luis, Lutheran Formula, Massilians, Molina's, Pelagian, Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagians, The, The Epitome, Theodore Beza
related to Modern · 5
Semi-Pelagianism → Augustinian, Augustinianism, Pelagianism, Proposed, The

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grace god augustine salvation semi-pelagian term pelagianism free cassian church faith heresy doctrine human man thought beginning catholic considered sin

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Saint Augustineinstance oforiginally developed as a compromise between Pelagianism and the teaching of Church Fathers0.80text
Cassianinstance ofthey interpreted his views in the light of writers0.80text
the nature of predestinationinstance ofAlthough Calvinist and Lutheran theologies of salvation differ significantly on issues0.80text
the salvific role of the sacramentsinstance ofAlthough Calvinist and Lutheran theologies of salvation differ significantly on issues0.80text
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismIn0.60section
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismReformed Protestants0.60section
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismAugustinian0.60section
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismArminian Protestants0.60section
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismRoman Catholics0.60section
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismAlthough Calvinist0.60section
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismLutheran0.60section
Semi-Pelagianismrelated to Calvinism and ArminianismProtestantism0.60section

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